Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1084079 search inquires.

Selected title: Red Book

Explanation: The Handbook of U.S. Coins, a retail price guide for U.S. coins published annually, originally written by R.S. Yeoman. Perhaps the most popular book for listing US coin retail values, grades, and mintages

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55725	13.43%
Silver Clad	32648	7.87%
Coin Silver	24720	5.96%
Slabbed Coins	23629	5.70%
BN	23221	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22178	5.35%
RB	21648	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18635	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18583	4.48%
Reeded Edge	17463	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17285	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16502	3.98%
Rarity	16448	3.97%
PQ	16203	3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15923	3.84%
Incuse	15221	3.67%
Coin drop	15038	3.63%
High Relief	14869	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14582	3.52%
Obverse or Face side	14272	3.44%